Hello and welcome to iGarden. Anyone who knows me will know that I am 'The Compulsive Gardener' - I love everything about gardening.
Allow me to share some of my enthusiasm and interests in gardening with a focus on the plants I know best and those that do especially well in my own Sydney garden.
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When I was younger, I toured my garden almost every day, peering intently at every plant, desperate to see progress and to nip any pests in the bud. It doesn't happen as often now as I tend to be racing along most of the time I am in my garden, but the past week, in an effort to improve my sleeping patterns, I have been following a tip to be exposed to natural light early in the morning. At first, I thought I would just stand outside for a while, but then it occurred to me that this was a perfec ... Read On »
See the full list of what's flowering in my garden this month.
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May heralds cooler weather and the colouring of autumn leaves. And there is plenty for us to do in the garden! Read More »
In the vegetable garden, you can plant peas (including snow and sugar-snap varieties), broad beans, winter lettuce, English spinach, cabbage, onions and shallots, radish, carrots, beetroot and parsnips. In a nursery recently I purchased baby-leaf spinach, which I am looking forward to trying this winter.
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